Giveaway Winners!

Winners of the Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day giveaway's are:

Baby Quilt winner - #88 kerrykatiecakeskeb43 said...

I would love to win the baby quilt - It looks so sweet and cuddly!

Hugs,

Kerry

Fat Quarters/ selvages winner - #99 Jenny said...

comment 2: would love FQs and selvage...ive been saving selvage for a very short time, your pile would double my stash of them!

I have sent Kerry and Jenny emails. Please send me your addresses so I can mail your prizes to you.

Thank you to everyone who left a comment. I am humbled by your kind words.

Now, back to Friday Night Sew-In. Come back tomorrow to see what I was able to accomplish tonight. 

Giveaway Day!

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

It's finally here - Sew, Mama, Sew's Giveaway Day! Welcome to Rachel's Quilts. Today I have not 1 but 2 giveaways for you. 

First up, is this baby quilt. Made with cotton fabrics and cotton batting. It measures roughly 35 inches square.

Closer look. The binding is a vintage fabric.

Here is the back. A lovely bird print with some vintage fabric at the top and bottom.

Second giveaway is, 2 holiday fat quarters that have been in my stash too long and need to go to a new home and a bunch of selvages. Some selvages are about 12 inches, while others are a yard or more.

To enter just leave a comment. Please leave 1 comment for each giveaway that you are interested in, or leave 2 comments if you are interested in both (i.e. leave 1 comment about the quilt, and another about the fabrics/selvages).  I will leave comments open until midnight (EST), December 17th,  when I will use a random number generator to pick 2 winners. Good luck. I am willing to ship internationally so everyone is welcome to comment.

I'm off to look at the other giveaways! Leave a comment here and then you should go to!

Weekend Wrap-Up

 A few finishes this weekend. 2 Candle mats and a knitted ornament. 

This was my first time doing cables while knitting. I was pretty proud of myself.

4 gnomas sewn together and stuffed. The biggest is now in my son's bed, while my daughter took the smallest with her.

Here they all are together under our little tree. We just bought it Sunday night. It's only 4 ft tall, but half price can't be beat - unless I waited until after Christmas.

I also completed 7 diamonds. This will hopefully be a wallhanging for our home by the end of the week.

I don't really enjoy paper piecing but this hasn't been too bad. I hope to do 3 more, even though the pattern calls for 5 more. Think I am going to change it up a bit to fit my taste.

Friday Night Sew-In Results

 I was able to finish my niece's birth quilt last night. Now I just need to ship it.

 Her birthdate is in the heart.

Time of birth on the right side.

Birth weight on the left.

The back. It feels great to have this finished. I just hope it arrives in time.

I didn't get too far on my intended project. This is the first of 12 diamonds that I am making for a Christmas tree quilt for my family. I hope to work on this some more this weekend.

I was able to work on the Barbie skirt during our Friday night family movie (Toy Story 3). Now I just have a couple rows before I start decreasing for the waist. 

Come back on Monday as I will be participating in Sew, Mama, Sew's Giveaway day!

Now go check out Heidi's blog to see what everyone else did last night.

It's Friday Night!

Time for another Friday Night Sew-In! Come back tomorrow to see what I get done tonight (almost done my niece's quilt already!) Hope to start a new project tonight too, that will hopefully be done by the end of the weekend. Fingers crossed.

Works in Progress

 Quilting project - Quilting the Sunbonnet Sadie for my niece.

 Knitting project - finished the back of my sweater...

 ... and started the front.

Crochet project - a beaded Barbie skirt.

Deadlines? The Sunbonnet Sadie needs to be done and shipped by tomorrow. The sweater I would like to have done by Christmas as a present to myself and the Barbie skirt is a Christmas present for my daughter, so I have until the 24th.

Few more little gifts and 1 WIP

 I've been able to finish up a few more little gifts. Here is a crochet hook holder.

 The inside. I included 2 hooks.

Another mug rug set. This set is for me. I am still perfecting the binding on these. I have tried 2 different methods so far. Going to try a third that combines the 2.

A little Gnome from Happy Zombie's Holiday Happy fabric line. I was able to pick some up from The Stockroom on etsy with their cyber Monday sale (5 yards for $30 - couldn't pass that up).

I blocked the cardigan for my niece and added a ribbon. The pattern called for a hook and loop closer but I don't feel comfortable putting anything on baby clothes that they could suck off, so I put the ribbon in instead.

This is for the same niece (lucky girl). This is a wall hanging that will be have her birth stats on it. I forgot that I was going to make this for her for Christmas. I cut and started piecing it last night and finished piecing it this morning. Now I just need to quilt it.

This is the quilt in the magazine. I didn't really like the fabrics. They blended too much (for me), being the same pattern in different colours. I really want the Sunbonnet Sadie to pop a bit more than this.

Here's where you can find the pattern. June 2010 issue of Quilter's World.